Guy, The Souvenir (9 February 2015). "Drinking Birds and Hand Boilers – Why these Retro Souvenirs are Still So Popular". http://www.souvenirbuyers.com/drinking-birds-retro-souvenir-still-popular/. Among video games, the drinking bird appeared as the "dunkin' dragon" in the Sierra game Quest for Glory (1989), in the Gremlin Interactive game Normality (1996), and as a "water bird" furniture item in the Animal Crossing games (2001). Porygon2, a Pokémon introduced in Generation II ( Pokémon Gold and Silver), resembles a drinking bird, and in 3D Pokémon games, it moves its head in a "dipping" motion. More recently, in the game Quantum Conundrum (2012), one of the main gameplay mechanics is a drinking bird that is used as a timer to press buttons. In the 2014 Creative Assembly video game Alien: Isolation, drinking birds are frequently seen on desks across the game's main setting, Sevastopol Station.

Heat of vaporization (or condensation), which establishes that substances absorb (or give off) heat when changing state at a constant temperature. The combined gas law, which establishes a proportional relationship between temperature and pressure exerted by a gas in a constant volume. In 1881 Israel L. Landis got a patent for a similar oscillating motor. [ 14] A year later (1882), the Iske brothers got a patent for a similar motor. [ 15] Unlike the drinking bird, the lower tank was heated and the upper tank just air-cooled in this engine. Other than that, it used the same principle. The Iske brothers during that time got various patents on a related engine which is now known as Minto wheel. Dr. Sullivan also holds patents on several novelty items such as the well-known drinking bird." Electrochemical technology: Volume 6 1968 https://books.google.com/books?id=IJc7AAAAMAAJ&q=Miles+V.+Sullivan+drinking+bird&dq=Miles+V.+Sullivan+drinking+bird&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OV30T_ffN7Lc4QTIhfSVBw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA Robert T. Plate 1947. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1145568 5. Notable Usage in Popular Culture

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Predict what will happen if a fan blows air toward the Drinking Bird. Does it make a difference which direction the air blows? If a glass of water is placed so that the beak dips into it on its descent, the bird will continue to absorb water and the cycle will continue as long as there is enough water in the glass to keep the head wet. However, the bird will continue to dip even without a source of water, as long as the head is wet, or as long as a temperature differential is maintained between the head and body. This differential can be generated without evaporative cooling in the head; for instance, a heat source directed at the bottom bulb will create a pressure differential between top and bottom that will drive the engine. The ultimate source of energy is the temperature gradient between the toy's head and base; the toy is not a perpetual motion machine. 3. Physical and Chemical Principles Students can use the Drinking Bird Demonstration to test what either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. In addition, the Japanese professor of toys, Takao Sakai, from Tohoku University, also introduced this Chinese toy. [20] Perelman, Yakov (1972). Physics for Entertainment. 2. pp. 175–178. ISBN 978-1401309213. https://archive.org/details/PhysicsForEntertainmentBook2.

The drinking bird is an exhibition of several physical laws and is therefore a staple of basic chemistry and physics education. These include:

a b "Miles V. Sullivan [..] is a member of the Photolithography Group in the Bipolar IC ... He is probably best known as the inventor of the “perpetually” drinking bird novelty." Bell Laboratories record: Volume 52 1974 As the head cools further and more liquid inside the bird rises, the center of gravity of the bird rises, causing the bird to become unstable and tip forward. Wet-bulb temperature: The temperature difference between the head and body depends on the relative humidity of the air. Güémez, J.; Valiente, R.; Fiolhais, C.; Fiolhais, M. (December 2003). "Experiments with the drinking bird". American Journal of Physics 71 (12): 1257–1263. doi:10.1119/1.1603272. Bibcode: 2003AmJPh..71.1257G. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228440964. Retrieved 30 January 2022.